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Cases: Nominative and oblique; gender marked by mutations
Cases: Nominative and oblique; gender marked by mutations


NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntʰrôːp; ἄνθρωποι > əntʰropì
NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntrôːv; ἄνθρωποι > əntrovì


OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntʰropû; ἀνθρώπων > əntʰropɑ̂n
OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntrovû; ἀνθρώπων > əntrovɑ̂n


===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===

Revision as of 22:57, 26 January 2019

Heleasic
Pronunciation[/hɪvəɹθonì glɑ̂θ/]
Created byIlL
SettingLõis
Native speakers90 million (2015)
Indo-European
  • Hellenic
    • Ancient Greek
      • Heleasic

Hyper-tonal Hellenic (Placeholder name: /hɪvəɹθonì glɑ̂θ/) is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India, inspired by Khmer, Hebrew and English. It has final stress and 3 tones.

Diachronics

When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop)

pterón > ftèɹ 'wing'

xērós > sʰæ̀ɹ 'dry'

théma > tém 'thing'; pl. thémata > témàð > tɪmâð 'things'

Phonology

Consonants

/p b pʰ f t d tʰ k g kʰ m n l ɹ s sʰ z/

Vowels

/ɐ ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə ai ei au ou əɹ æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ yɹ ʊɹ/

Only /ə əɹ o ɪ/ may occur in unstressed syllables.

Tones

Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling.

Morphology

Nouns

Declension

Cases: Nominative and oblique; gender marked by mutations

NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntrôːv; ἄνθρωποι > əntrovì

OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntrovû; ἀνθρώπων > əntrovɑ̂n

Adjectives

Verbs

Verbs are inflected for person but are not pro-drop.